EconomyCommentary
How Congress Can Clear the Road for Uber, Lyft, and the Gig Economy
The rise of Uber and Lyft has been a good thing for both riders and drivers. Riders like the cheaper prices and reliable service of… Read More
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Rising Red Tape Near Top of Small Business Fears
Far from equipping small businesses “with the tools and resources they need to succeed,” government actions are petrifying small business growth at unprecedented rates. The… Read More
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How Regulatory Reform Boosts the Economy
How quickly does deregulation lead to economic growth? Most economists agree that less-regulated industries create more output and employ more people in the long run…. Read More
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AT&T and Time Warner Make a Bet on Innovation, but Regulators May Get in the Way
Two of America’s best-known companies have announced they will be merging, causing consternation on Capitol Hill and calls to block the deal. But lawmakers—and regulators—could… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Stop the Cheese Bailouts
Milk production in the U.S. is growing, benefiting from favorable weather, low feed prices, bigger cow herds, and increasing production per cow. This is good… Read More
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Controversial Proposal for Nurses Could Expand Access to Care for Veterans
For years, state and federal policymakers have discussed proposals to expand the role of advanced practice registered nurses, with major physician groups like the American… Read More
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What You Need to Know About the National Debt, in 2 Charts
The fact that the national debt jumped by $1.4 trillion in one short year should spur Congress to put an end to this excess. The… Read More
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Within a Generation, Our National Debt Will Cost the Typical Family $12,000
When confronted in the final presidential debate with the assertion that each of their plans would increase the national debt, the candidates denied it by… Read More
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From Apples to Soup: How the Administrative State Creates Food Crimes
What do cottage cheese, “extra fancy” apples, and chicken noodle soup all have in common? It’s a crime to sell any of them without meeting… Read More
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The Government Just Spent $168 Billion More Than the Year Before
New numbers on federal spending are in from the Congressional Budget Office, and they’re not pretty. The federal government spent $3.9 trillion in fiscal 2016,… Read More
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Taxi Monopolies Hurt Opportunity
If a person wants to go into business as a taxicab owner, what requirements should be imposed to protect the public? The prospective taxicab owner… Read More
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Once Again, DC Metro Proves It Doesn’t Deserve More Taxpayer Funding
“Metro sucks.” That was the message, via chants and boos, of Washington Nationals fans last week when the D.C. Metro system stopped running D.C.-bound trains… Read More
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State, Local Governments Have Funded Only 35 Cents of Every Dollar Committed to Pensions
$5.6 trillion. That’s how much a recent report from the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, estimates state and local governments across the U.S. have… Read More
Economy Commentary
New Congressional Budget Commission Is a Smoke Screen
The House and Senate budget committees have held hearings suggesting an openness to a budget commission to help fix our fiscal woes. Budget experts have… Read More
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Time to Reform Social Security Benefits That Most Don’t Understand
Social Security’s benefit structure is so complex that few Americans understand it. There’s a simpler way to provide benefits that also would help to improve… Read More
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Tesla Invades Auto Giants’ Turf With Lawsuit to End Protectionism
Tesla Motors Inc. is suing the state of Michigan in federal court over protectionist laws that forbid the popular electric carmaker from selling its vehicles… Read More
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Another Way Regulation Could Limit Economic Opportunity for Millions
Yet again, the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act has spawned an out-of-touch regulation that could harm millions of Americans. The proposed rule titled “Payday, Vehicle Title, and… Read More
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3 Ways to Use the Presidential Debate to Talk Taxes
With the leak of Donald Trump’s tax records by The New York Times, and following round two of the presidential debates in which both candidates… Read More
EconomyNews
How This Nashville Tech Company Challenged a State Regulatory Board and Won
Armand Lauzon is working to revolutionize the beauty industry in Nashville. But until Monday, the Tennessee Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners, a state regulatory… Read More
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Raising the Debt Limit and Other Budget Mischief by Lame Ducks
Congress is up to no good. Lawmakers passed a continuing resolution before the end of the fiscal year that will fund the government only until… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
How to Optimize Taxation to Meet Redistributive Goals
A new working paper by economists Emmanuel Saez and Stefanie Stantcheva purports to overturn a widely cited finding that capital should not be taxed; it… Read More
EconomyNews
The Government Spends $1.5 Billion Per Year on Public Relations and Ads, Watchdog Finds
A government watchdog found that over the last decade, annual government spending on public relations and advertising activities averages $1.5 billion. The Government Accountability Office… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Obama Fair Housing Rules Open Door to Unintended Consequences
The Obama administration is pulling on both ends of the rope in the tug-of-war over housing regulation. Heritage Foundation calculations found that the typical American… Read More
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These Unneeded Rules for Freight Railroads Would Cost Consumers
By virtually any measure, America’s freight rail system is one of the best in the world. In fact, rail transports a full 40 percent of… Read More
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Internet Sales Tax Legislation Is ‘Taxation Without Representation,’ Conservatives Say
Conservatives are wary of internet sales tax legislation in the works that would create an “unlevel playing field” for online businesses. Republican leadership in Congress… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Clinton Estate Tax Plan Would Affect Many Families, Not Just the Very Rich
Hillary Clinton’s newly proposed top estate tax rate of 65 percent on $1 billion estates can sound innocuous enough to the average taxpayer. Last year… Read More
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Projections Differ, but Social Security Is in Deep Trouble
Millions of Americans depend on Social Security, and the government program is going broke. If Congress doesn’t take action to reform the nation’s largest entitlement program,… Read More
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Arizona’s War on Barbers
“We can no longer tolerate this infraction.… We will no longer tolerate this behavior!!” A government-sponsored board in Arizona has posted this message on the… Read More
EconomyNews
No Budget? This Senator Says That Should Mean Pay Cuts for Politicians, Staff
After less than two years in Congress, Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., thinks he’s figured out what’s needed to fix the cumbersome way lawmakers fund the… Read More
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World Trade Projected to Grow at Lowest Rate Since 2009
The World Trade Organization announced this week that it expects global trade to grow much slower than originally projected. WTO analysts, who projected global trade… Read More
